TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology football team came from behind for a 29-25 victory over the Yellow Jackets with a game-winning touchdown drive in the final minute of the game.

After a scoreless first quarter, Rose-Hulman opened the scoring with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Rick Easterwood to Kolton Nanko. On the ensuing drive, Kyle Rehberg drilled a 33-yard field goal to extend the lead to 10-0 early in the second.

The Yellow Jackets would end the half with back to back touchdown drives, and they would add a third touchdown in the third quarter to extend the lead to 18-10 after a trio of missed extra points.

Rose-Hulman responded with 12 straight points to take a 22-18 lead with two more field goals from 33 and 36 yards by Rehberg and an 8-yard touchdown run by Jay Smith.

Defiance marched down the field to take the lead with a touchdown, and they left the Fightin' Engineers with just 1:06 on the clock and a 25-22 deficit.

Elijah Silva opened the drive returning the kickoff to their own 45-yard line, and Jay Smith run with a facemask penalty pushed the Fightin' Engineers deep into Defiance territory in just one play.

Easterwood completed back-to-back passes to Nanko and Daniel Huery before Smith scored his second touchdown of the day with 22 seconds remaining to give the Fightin' Engineers a 29-25 victory on their home turf.

Easterwood threw for 232 yards and a touchdown, and Smith added 143 yards on the ground with a pair of scores.

Nanko led the receivers with 6 catches for 81 yards and a score, and Huery added 7 catches for 62 yards.

Marshall Koch recorded 2.5 sacks and led the team with 10 tackles, and Jack LeCrone added the lone other half sack. Ryan Schmidt also forced the lone turnover of the game with his first interception of the season.

The game-winning touchdown with 22 seconds remaining is the first game-winning touchdown drive in the final minute since the Fightin' Engineers took down #14 Franklin in 2016 on a touchdown with 21 seconds to go to win 23-22.

The victory over Defiance is the 13th consecutive win in the series for the Fightin' Engineers, and it improved Rose-Hulman to 2-4 on the season. They will return to action on Saturday, October 26 as they travel to Bluffton to take on the Beavers.